DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/11 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.3 - - 77.5 - - 77.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 28 - - 27 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 798 - - 839 - - 603 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 922 - - 922 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1687 - - 1728 - - 1492 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1198 - - 1116 - - 950 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 122 - - 124 - - 53 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 085 - - 264 - - 192 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - -1 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 749 - - 575 - - 402 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 938 - - 1153 - - 1090 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 266 - - -93 - - -4579 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1421 - - 1821 - - 6071 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2770 - - 3600 - - 3610 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.3 - - 77.5 - - 77.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 74.7 - - 74.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.1 - - 77.3 - - 77.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.1 - - 74.3 - - 74.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 28 - - 27 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 798 - - 839 - - 603 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 91 - - 76 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 19 - - 19 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99468 18 118 14 089 19 068 99468 91977 18 097 12 109 15 060 91977 86178 13 075 14 096 11 085 86178 81349 10 081 9 075 8 065 81349 77188 6 042 6 063 8 037 77188 73510 4 054 5 036 8 008 73510 70179 7 047 6 010 5 360 70179 67126 4 019 6 054 5 337 67126 64300 8 313 9 342 12 335 64300 61575 14 281 21 271 17 303 61575 58746 16 280 15 261 18 291 58746 55821 33 311 26 310 27 301 55821 53047 44 293 40 301 37 295 53047 50556 45 287 45 294 46 299 50556 48326 48 281 53 293 54 295 48326 46316 52 288 59 287 58 291 46316 44486 57 283 61 282 54 286 44486 42799 47 267 58 282 47 285 42799 41230 43 257 53 278 48 284 41230 39766 42 255 47 276 50 280 39766 38389 43 253 44 277 51 276 38389 37055 45 256 43 278 50 280 37055 35693 47 261 43 277 48 286 35693 34273 47 267 43 277 43 288 34273 32799 47 271 43 278 39 289 32799 31256 47 278 40 278 38 292 31256 29632 48 285 39 275 40 294 29632 27928 51 284 38 273 39 295 27928 26144 53 290 38 272 36 293 26144 24289 53 293 39 275 35 284 24289 22364 54 294 43 281 41 279 22364 20360 52 295 46 290 46 280 20360 18275 52 298 47 298 43 281 18275 16152 54 298 48 299 37 287 16152 14110 55 295 48 296 34 294 14110 12250 55 291 47 287 33 298 12250 10591 52 287 44 279 35 297 10591 9108 49 283 38 270 37 294 9108 7785 41 271 36 264 38 287 7785 6605 28 258 34 261 36 275 6605 5558 12 223 29 249 34 261 5558 4634 8 144 25 239 32 249 4634 3816 9 121 21 239 28 240 3816 3085 9 115 17 243 22 228 3085 2440 5 107 13 251 17 214 2440 1903 7*093 9*257 14*201 1903 1492 7*089 6*262 12*195 1492 1209 7 086 5 265 11 192 1209 1037 6 083 5 264 9 191 1037 939 5 079 4 264 7 189 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography